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59 Cards in this Set

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bard
:: poet
barefaced
:: shameless; bold; unconcealed
baroque
:: highly ornate
bawdy
:: indecent; obscene
bauble
:: trinket; trifle
bask
:: luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
barrister
:: counselor-at-law
barrage
:: barrier laid down by artillery
fire; overwhelming profusion
beatific
:: giving bliss; blissful
beatitude
:: blessedness; state of bliss
bedizen
:: dress with vulgar finery
begrudge
:: resent
beget
:: father; produce; give rise to
befuddle
:: confuse thoroughly
beeline
:: direct, quick route
bedraggle
:: wet thoroughly
beholden
:: obligated; indebted
belabor
:: explain or go over excessively
or to a ridiculous degree; assail verbally
behoove
:: be suited to; be incumbent
upon
beleaguer
:: besiege or attack; harass
bemoan
:: 1. lament; 2. express
disapproval of
benediction
:: blessing
bemused
:: confused; lost in thought;
preoccupied
benison
:: blessing
bereft
:: deprived of; lacking
bereavement
:: state of being deprived of
something valuable or beloved
berate
:: scold strongly
bequeath
:: leave to someone by means of
a will; hand down
bent
:: determined; natural talent or
inclination
berserk
:: frenzied
beseech
:: beg; plead with
beset
:: harass or trouble; to surround or
hem in
besmirch
:: soil, defile
betoken
:: signify; indicate
bestow
:: confer; to give, grant
bestial
:: beastlike; brutal; inhuman
betroth
:: become engaged to marry
bevy
:: large group
bicker
:: quarrel
bifurcated
:: divided into two branches;
forked
bigotry
:: stubborn intolerance
bivouac
:: temporary encampment
billowing
:: swelling out in waves; surging
bilk
:: swindle; cheat
bilious
:: suffering from indigestion;
irritable
blanch
:: bleach; whiten
blasé
:: bored with pleasure or dissipation
blare
:: loud, harsh roar or screech;
dazzling blaze of light
blandishment
:: flattery
bland
:: soothing or mild; agreeable
blasphemy
:: irreverence; sacrilege;
cursing
blighted
:: suffering from a disease;
destroyed
bludgeon
:: club; heavy-headed weapon
blowhard
:: talkative boaster
blithe
:: gay; joyous
bloated
:: swollen or puffed as with water
or air
blatant
:: extremely obvious; loudly
offensive
bleak
:: cold or cheerless; unlikely to be
favorable
bluff
:: 1) (adj) rough but good-natured 2)
pretense (of strength); deception; *high
cliff*