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59 Cards in this Set
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ballistic
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having to do with projectiles
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balmy
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mild
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bamboozle
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cheat
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banal
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trite
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barefaced
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shameless
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baroque
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ornate
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barren
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not fruitful
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barring
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apart from
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barrister
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lawyer in high court
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bastion
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stronghold
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bate
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make less
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bathos
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fall from sublime to the mundane
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bauble
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cheap jewel
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becaml
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soothe
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bedevil
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confuse or trouble
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badlam
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confusion
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bedraggled
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untidy
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beguile
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trick
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behest
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command
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belabor
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dwell on subject
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belligerant
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warlike
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bemuse
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stupefy
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benediction
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blessing
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beneficiary
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one entitled to recieve
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bequeath
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leave in will
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bereave
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deprive of
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bestrew
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scatter
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biblulous
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enjoying drink
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bigot
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stubbornly intolerant person
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billious
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easily irritated
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bilk
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to avoid paying
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blab
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talk indescritely
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blandishment
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flattery
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blarny
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empty yet affectionate flattery
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blasé
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bored from excessive familiarity
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blithe
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happy
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bohemian
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unconventional
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bombastic
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pompous in speech
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boom
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sudden increase in area of commerce
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boon
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advantage
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bountiful
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generous
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bourgeois
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conventional and materialistic
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bowdlerize
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edit out completely
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brackish
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briny
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braggart
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boaster
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braise
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stew meat slowly with a small amount of liquid
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brandish
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shake defiantly
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bravado
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false courage
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bray
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make harsh sound
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brazen
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shameless
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browbeat
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bully with looks and words
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brusque
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rude
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bulwark
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defense
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bumptious
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crude or pushy
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bergeon
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grow rapidly
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burlesque
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mocking imitation
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busker
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street musician
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buttress
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support or strengthen
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buxom
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plump
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