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Banal
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(buh NAL)
adj. unoriginal; ordinary |
The dinner conversation was so banal that Amanda fell asleep in her dessert dish.
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Bane
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(bayn)
n. poison; torment; cause of harm |
To say that someone is the bane of your existence is to say that that person poisons your enjoyment of life.
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Bastion
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(BAS chun)
n. stronghold; fortress; fortified place |
Mrs. Garnett's classroom is a bastion of banality; that is, it's a place where originality seldom if ever makes its way inside.
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Beget
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(bi GET)
v. to give birth to; to create; to lead to; to cause |
Those who lie should be creative and have good memories, since one life often begets another lie, which begets another.
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Belabor
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(bi LAY bur)
v. to go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent |
For more than an hour, the boring speaker belabored his point about the challenge of foreign competition.
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Beleaguer
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(bi LEE gur)
v. to surround; to besiege; to harass |
No one could leave the beleaguered city; the attacking army had closed off all the exits.
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Belie
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(bi LYE)
v. to give a false impression of; to contradict |
Melvine's smile belied the grief he was feeling.
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