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58 Cards in this Set
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avocation
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hobby
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avow
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declare openly
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avuncular
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like an uncle
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azimuth
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angle east or west from a north point
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backgammon
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a game played with pieces on a board
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badger
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to tease or annoy
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badinage
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banter
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baffle
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to perplex, frustrate
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baleen
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whalebone
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baleful
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destructive, deadly
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banal
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commonplace, trite
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baneful
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actively evil
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banter
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tease in light, good-natured way
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baroque
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highly ornate
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barrister
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British term for a lawyer
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barter
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to trade by direct exchange of one commodity for another
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bastinado
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a beating on the soles of the feet
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bastion
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type of fortification
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bauble
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trifle; piece of finery or jewelry
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bazaar
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an exchange market place in the East
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bedizen
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deck with vulgar finery
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bedlam
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scene of wild confusion and uproar
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beguile
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mislead, deceive
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belabor
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to beat soundly
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bellicose
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warlike
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benediction
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blessing
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benign
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kindly
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berate
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scold vehemently
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besom
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a broom
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bestow
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to grant or confer
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bicameral
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consisting of two bodies
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biennial
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happening every two years
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bigot
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narrow-minded, intolerant person
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biped
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a two-footed animal
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blanch
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to bleach, make white
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blasphemy
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irreverence, sacrilege
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blatant
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too noisy, obstrusive
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blithe
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joyous, glad, cheerful
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bombastic
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pompous, high-sounding, using inflated language
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bourse
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a foreign exchange
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bovine
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cowlike
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boycott
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to refuse to do business with or use
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brace
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a couple or pair
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brazen
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brassy, shameless
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brevity
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conciseness, terseness
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broach
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to tap or pierce a cask to let out the liquor, to open up for the first time, as in conversation
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brochure
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a pamphlet
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bromide
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a type of sedative, a trite statement
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bruit
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to rumor
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brunt
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force or shock
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brusque
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blunt, curt in manner
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bucolic
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pertaining to a farm, rural
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buffoon
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a clown
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bullion
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gold or silver in the form or bars
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burgeon
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to sprout
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burnish
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polish by rubbing
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butt
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to object of a jest
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buxom
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plump, jolly
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