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15 Cards in this Set
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Baleful
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- harmful, menacing
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Banal
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- boring, trite, insipid
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Beguile
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- to cheat or deceive, usually through charm; also, to amuse
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Belie
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- to give an impression that is the opposite of the way things really are
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Belligerent
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- having a strong tendency to argue and fight
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Benediction
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- good wishes, a blessing
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Benevolent
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- kindhearted; good-natured; generous
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Benign
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- gentle, kind-hearted; mild
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Bequeath
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- to leave behind or hand down through a will, transmit
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Blight
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- decay; disease; widespread death
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Bolster
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- to support, to reinforce
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Bombast
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- speech or writing intended to impress the audience; pompous
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Brevity
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- briefness; conciseness
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Buffet
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- to strike with force
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Bumptious
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- pushy; obnoxiously self-assertive
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