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55 Cards in this Set
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bauble
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trinket; trifle
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behoove(behove)
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be suited to; be incumbent upon; be right and necessary; Ex. It behooves one to do.
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beleaguer
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besiege or attack (with an army); harass; beset
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benison
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blessing
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bequeath
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leave to someone by means of a will; hand down in his will; N. bequest
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bereavement
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state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved; state of being bereaved or bereft
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bereft
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deprived of (something valuable); lacking
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beseech
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beg; pleed with
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berserk
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mad with violent anger; frenzied; madly excited
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beset
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harass or trouble from all directions; hem in
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besmirch
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soil; defile; make dirty
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bicker
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quarrel
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bilious
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peevishly ill humoured
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billowing
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swelling out in waves; surging
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bivouac
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temporary encampment
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blanch
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bleech; whiten
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blandish
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cajole; coax with flattery
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blas\'e
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bored with pleasure or dissipation; uninterested or bored
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blatant
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extremely (offensively) obvious; loudly offensive; Ex. blatant lie; N. blatancy
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blithe(blithesome)
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gay; joyous
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bluff
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pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff; ADJ: rough but good-natured
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bluster
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blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully; speak in a noisy or bullying manner; CF. breeze, gust, gale
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boisterous
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violent; rough; noisy
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bolt
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door bar; fastening pin or screw; length of fabric; large roll of cloth; V: dash or dart off; fasten (a
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bourgeois
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middle class; selfishly materialistic; too interested in material possessions
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bovine
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cowlike; placid and dull; slow-thinking; calm
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bowdlerize
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expurgate; CF. Thomas Bowdler
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bravado
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swagger; assumed air of defiance; false show of bravery
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brazen
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insolent; without shame; bold; Ex. brazen lie; V: face with bold self-assurance or with unshamed confidence
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brawl
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noisy quarrel
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broach
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introduce as a subject; moot; open up
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brocade
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rich, figured(patterned) fabric
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brook
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tolerate; endure; Ex. brook no interference; N: small stream
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browbeat
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bully; intimidate
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brunt
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main impact or shock (of an attack or blow); Ex. brunt of the argument
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brusque
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blunt; abrupt; curt; not wanting to waste time being nice
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bulwark
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strong wall built for defense; earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
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bungle
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mismanage; blunder; botch; blow; spoil by clumsy behavior
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burgeon
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grow rapidly; grow forth; send out buds; Ex. burgeoning computer industry; CF. bludgeon
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burlesque
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give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly
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cabal
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small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
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cadaver
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corpse; dead human body
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cadence
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rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds); beat; regular beat of sound; rhythm
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caldron(cauldron)
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large kettle
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callous
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hardened; unfeeling; without sympathy for the sufferings of others; unkind
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callow
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youthful; immature; inexperienced
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calumny
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malicious misrepresentation; slander
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cameo
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shell or jewel carved in relief; star's special appearance in a minor role in a film
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canard
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unfounded false rumor; exaggerated false report
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candor
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frankness; open honesty; ADJ. candid
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canny
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shrewd in money matters; thrifty
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cant
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insincere speech or expression of piety; jargon of thieves; special words used by a particular group of people
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cantankerous
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ill-humored; irritable
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cantata
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story set to music to be sung by a chorus (shorter than an oratorio)
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canter
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slow gallop; V. CF. trot
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