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baleful
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threatening, hurtful, ominous
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Hermione sat in baleful silence while her death sentence was read
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balk
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to stop short and refuse to proceed, prevent
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the fence balked the dog from escaping
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banal
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ordinary, unoriginal
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doing the Star Spangled Banner girl monologue is extremely banal
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bane
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cause of harm, torment
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Levi is the bane of my existence
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bard
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poet
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Edgar Allen Poe, Shel Silverstein
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barrage
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any heavy attack of words or blows
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many celebrities receive a barrage of rumors in the tabloids and media
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beguile
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the cheat or trick into doing or believing something wrong
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snow white was beguiled into eating the poison apple
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belie
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to give a false impression of, to contradict
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my smile belied the sadness I was really feeling
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bellicose
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eager to fight or quarrel, warlike
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hockey players are bellicose athletes
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belligerent
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quarrelsome, ready to fight
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I am very belligerent when my brother provokes me
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benefactor
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one who provides help to others
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Angelina Jolie is a huge benefactor to Cambodia
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beneficiary
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one who receives help from others
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Camodians are beneficiaries of Angelina Jolie's donations
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benevolent
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kind, generous
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giving money to the poor is a benevolent act
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benign
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harmless, gentle, mild
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benign tumor...its ok. she is so benign, she wouldn't hurt a fly
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berate
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to scold harshly
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the girl was berated for failing out of school
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bilk
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to cheat, defraud
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some students bilked on the AP Psychology exam
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blandishment
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flattery or coaxing to get what one wants
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Casey practices blandishment with her teachers to get good grades
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boisterous
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unrestrained, loud, rowdy
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the football fans were extremely boisterous
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bombastic
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wordy or pompous in speech or writing
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Jason LaRue is often bombastic
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bourgeois
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middle-class, conventional
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my family is upper bourgeois
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brusque
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quick and rude in manner or speech, curt
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many junior boys are brusque
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buffer
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any person or thing that comes between opposing forces
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I am a buffer between Kyle and Hannah
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burgeon
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to flourish, expand
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weeds burgeon in an unkept garden
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buttress
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support for a wall, reinforcement
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the cathedrals has beautiful sone buttresses
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