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60 Cards in this Set
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Badger
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To harass or pester
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Baize
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Cotton or woolen fabric used to cover tables
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Baleful
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Sinister or malignant
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Balsam
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Aromatic resin used for medical ointment
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Banal
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Commonplace
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Bask
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To expose oneself in pleasant warmth OR to take great pleasure or satisfaction
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Batten
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To thrive, especially at another's expense OR a strip of wood
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Bauble
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A trinket
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Beatitude
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A state of supreme happiness
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Beau
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An escort or lover
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Beck
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A beckoning gesture
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Bedaub
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To smear over
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Bedeck
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To cover with ornament
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Bedlam
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Madhouse
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Befog
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To obscure or confuse
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Beget
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To produce; make children
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Begrudge
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To envy the possession or enjoyment of
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Belay
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To secure or make fast by winding around something [a rope]
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Belie
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Misrepresent; be in contradiction with
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Belle
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A popular, attractive girl, especially the most attractive one of the group
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Bellicose
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Warlike, pugnacious, belligerent
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Belligerent
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Warlike, pugnacious, bellicose
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Bemoan
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To lament; express grief over
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Benediction
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The act of praying for divine protection
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Benefactor
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One who gives aid (especially financial aid)
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Benefice
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A church office endowed with funds
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Beneficent
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Characterized by performing acts of kindess or charity; benevolent
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Beneficiary
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One who receives benefits; one who receives profits of porperty or an estate
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Benevolence/benevolent
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An act of kindness/characterized by kind acts; beneficent
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Benign/benignant/benignity
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Good and kind of heart/kind, beneficial/kindness
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Benison
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A spoken blessing
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Bequeath
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To pass to another; to give (by law) by will
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Bereave
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To make alone (by death)
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Berth
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A place to stay or maneuver OR a job
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Beseech
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To implore
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Beset
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To attack from all sides; harass
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Besmear
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To smear over; bedaub
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Bestrew
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To strew with things as to cover it
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Bestride
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To sit or stand on with legs astride; to get on the back of
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Bethink
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To cause oneself to consider or remember
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Betide
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To happen, befall
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Bevel
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Two surfaces meeting at an angle other than 90 degrees
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Bibliomania
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A passion for collecting books
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Bibliophile
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One who loves books
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Bibulous
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Marked by the consumption of alchol; fond of drinking
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Bide
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To wait or remain
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Bier
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A coffin along with its stand
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Bigamist/bigamy
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One who has two spouses and the same time/the crime of marrying another person while having another living spouse
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Bight
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A loop in a rope OR a curve (especially in a shorline)
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Blase
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Uninterested because of frequent exposure OR very sophisticated
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Blazon
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To proclaim widely or to make widely known
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Blithe/blithesome
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Carefree and lighthearted/cheerful
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Boatswain
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An officer in charge of a ship's rigging, anchors, etc.
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Bodice
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The part of the woman's dress between the shoulders and the waist
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Boisterous
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Lacking restraint or discipline; violent
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Bole
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The trunk of a tree
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Bolster
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Support
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Bombast
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Pompous speech or writing
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Boorish
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Rude
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Borough
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An incorporated village or town
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