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30 Cards in this Set
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biped
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an animal having two feet
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birthright
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a privilege or possession into which one is born
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bitterness
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acridity, as to the taste
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blase
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sated with pleasure
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blaspheme
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to indulge in profane oaths
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blatant
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noisily or offensively loud or clamorous
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blaze
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a vivid glowing flame
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blazon
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to make widely or generally known
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bleak
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desolate
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blemish
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a mark that mars beauty
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blithe
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joyous
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blithesome
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cheerful
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blockade
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the shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces
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boatswain
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a subordiante officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
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bodice
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a women's ornamental corset-shaped laced waist
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bodily
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corporeal
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boisterous
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unchecked merriment or animal spirits
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bole
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the trunk or body of a tree
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bolero
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a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing
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boll
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a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton
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bolster
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to support, as something wrong
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bomb
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a hollow projectile containing an explosive material
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bombard
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to assail with any missle or with abusive speech
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bombardier
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a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells
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bombast
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inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects
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boorish
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rude
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bore
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to weary by tediousness or dullness
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borough
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an incorporated village or town
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bosom
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the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman
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bontanical
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connected with the study or cultivation of plants
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