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29 Cards in this Set
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to stop, block abruptly
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balk
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a love song
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ballad
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mundane
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banal
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a burden
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bane
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a poet, often a singer as well
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bard
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shy, excessively timid
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bashful
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1.(n.) a device that supplies power
2. (n.)assault, beating |
battery
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to trick, deceive
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beguile
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something of tremendous power or size
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behemoth
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marked by goodness or doing good
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benevolent
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favorable, not threatening, mild
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benign
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to pass on, give
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bequeath
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to scold vehemently
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berate
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devoid of, without
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bereft
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to beg, plead, implore
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beseech
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tendentiousness
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bias
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cheat, defraud
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bilk
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to coax by using flattery
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blandish
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an imperfection, flaw
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blemish
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1. (n.) a plague, disease
2. (n.) something that destroys hope |
blight
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loud and full of energy
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boisterous
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excessively confident, pompous
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bombastic
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a gift or blessing
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boon
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a middle-class person, capitalist
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bourgeois
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excessively bold, brash
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brazen
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short, abrupt, dismissive
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brusque
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1. (v.) to strike with force
2. (n.) an arrangement of food set out on a table |
buffet
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to polish, shine
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burnish
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1. (v.) to support, hold up
2. (n.) something that offers support |
buttress
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