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54 Cards in this Set
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byway
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back road
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bellow
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to roar, shout
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burnish
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to polish, make smooth and bright
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bonanza
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extremely large amount
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burly
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brawny, husky
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blanch
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take the color out
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bursar
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treasurer
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bisect
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to cut into 2 parts
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butt
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person or thing that is object of ridicule
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blatant
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glaring, obvious
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blithe
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joyful,cheerful
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burgeon
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to flourish
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blight
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to destroy
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bulwark
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defense wall;anything serving as defense
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buffet
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to toss about
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brigand
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bandit, outlaw
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billet
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board and lodging for troops
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behemoth
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huge creature
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brusque
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rough and abrupt in manner
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bane
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something causing death
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ban
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to forbid
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belie
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to misrepresent
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blandish
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to coax w/ flattery
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ballad
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folk song, narrative poem
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banter
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playful conversation
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bilateral
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2 sided
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biped
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2-footed animal
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betoken
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to indicate, signify, give evidence of
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bemuse
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to confuse;plunge deep into thought
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bonhomie
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good-natured geniality
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bellicose
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warlike, aggressive
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becloud
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to confuse; darken with clouds
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benighted
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unenlightened
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bludgeon
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to hit as w/a shortt, heavy club
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becalm
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to make calm or still
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boon
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blessing
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belfry
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bell tower, room in which a bell is hung
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bilk
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to cheat
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brazen
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bold, shameless,
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beleaguer
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to harass
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biblioophile
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book lover
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bastion
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fortification, stronghold
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broach
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to mention or suggest for the first time
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belabor
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to insist releatedly
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breach
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act of breaking
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bestow
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to give as a gift
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benchmark
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standard of measure
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balm
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soothing, healing influence
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bay
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to bark
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baleful
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harmful, with evil intentions
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bevy
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group
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balk
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to refuse, shirk; prevent
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beseech
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to beg, plead
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bestial
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beastly, animal-like
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