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Augment
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Make larger; increase
verb |
Looks like: Aug. mint
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Auspicious
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Taking place under promising conditions; likely to succeed
adj |
Sounds like: Our space shoes
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Austere
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Stern; plain; without luxuries
adj |
Sounds like: Our Steer
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Avarice
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Greed
noun |
Looks like: Ava rice
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Averse
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Feeling repelled; wanting to avoid
adj |
Looks exactly like: A verse
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Baleful
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Harmful; menacing
adj |
Sounds like: Bale fall
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Banal
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Boring; trite; insipid
adj |
Looks like: Ban al
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Beguile
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To cheat or deceive, usually through charm; also, to amuse
verb |
Sounds a little like: Beg a while
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Belie
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To give an impression that is the opposite of the way things really are; to misrepresent
verb |
Looks like: Bee lie
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Belligerent
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Having a strong tendency to argue and fight;
adj |
Sounds like: Bell ledger rent
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Benediction
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Good wishes; a blessing
noun |
Sounds like: Benedict shine
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Benevolent
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Kindhearted; good-natured; generous
adj |
Sounds like: Ben Elephant
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Benign
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Gentle; kind-hearted; mild
adj |
Sounds like: Be nine
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Bequeath
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To leave behind or hand down through a will; transmit
verb |
Rhymes with: Beneath
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Blight
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Decay; disease; widespread death
noun |
Looks like: B light
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Bolster
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To support; to reinforce
verb |
Sounds like: Bowl stir
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Bombast
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Speech or writing intended to impress the audience; pompous
noun |
Sounds like: Bomb blast
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Brevity
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Briefness; conciseness
noun |
Sounds like: Bravo tea
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Bumptious
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Pushy; obnoxiously self-assertive
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Sounds like: Bump chess
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Cacophony
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Harshness of sounds; opposite of harmony
noun |
Looks like: A combination of cocoon and symphony
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