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50 Cards in this Set
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beatitude
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a state of utmost bliss
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beguile
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deceive
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bellicose
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warlike
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benediction
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the invocation of a blessing
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beneficence
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kindness
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benign
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harmless
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beset
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trouble,harrass, attack
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bestial
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savage
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bestow
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to present (as a gift)
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bestride
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to ride, sit, or stand astride
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biennal
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taking place once in two years
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bilk
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cheat, swindle
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bland
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gentle, mild, soft, balmy
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blasphemy
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expressing lack or reverence for God
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blatant
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objectionably loud
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blazon
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to adorn; to proclaim
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blithe
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happily lighthearted, gay
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bluster
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to speak boastfully
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boorish
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rude
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botch
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to ruin through clumsiness
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bounty
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a reward, premium, or subsidy given
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bourgeois
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a middle-class person
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bovine
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or or relating to oxen or cows
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brandish
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to shake or wave menacingly
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breech
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buttocks, rump
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brigand
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bandit, robber
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broach
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to introduce as a topic of conversation
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browbeat
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to intimidate by sternness or arrogance
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bruit
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to spread news
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brusque
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curt, blunt, abrupt in manner
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bucolic
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pertaining to the country; pastoral
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buffoon
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clown; fool
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bullion
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gold or silver
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bumptious
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arrogant
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bureaucracy
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government through special agencies
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burnish
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to make shiny by rubbing : polish
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cacophony
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harsh or discordant sound
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cajole
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to persuade or coax
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caliber
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degree of worth
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calumny
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slander
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canticle
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any or several liturgical songs taken from the bible
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canter
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to trot
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canvass
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to make a survey
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capitulate
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to surrender
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caprice
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an inclination to do things impulsively
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captious
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to find fault
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captivate
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to fascinate
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careen
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to sway from side to side
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carnage
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slaughter
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carp
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complain constantly
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