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28 Cards in this Set
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Banter
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n) good humored, playful teasing or joking conversation
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Barbarity
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n) cruelty, brutality
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Beguiling
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adj) charming, amusing, delightful
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Belittle
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v) to make something or someone seem small or unimportant
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Belligerent
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adj) ready and eager to fight
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Beneficence
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n) the doing of good; generosity or kindness
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Beneficial
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adj) contributing to health and well being
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Beneficiary
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n) a person who recieves a benefit or inheritence
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Benevolence
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n) an inclination to do good; kindliness
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Benighted
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adj) in a state of mental or moral ignorance
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Benign
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adj) kind, good-natured
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Bequeath
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v) to pass on or hand down by will
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Bequest
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n) money or property given in a will
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Bestial
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adj) having the qualities of a beast
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Bias
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n) preference, inclination
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Biased
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adj) showing a strong preference or inclination, having ones opinion already formed
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Bibliophile
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n) a lover of books, a book collecter
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Bizarre
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adj) extremely unusual
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Blithe
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adj) carefree, showing no concern
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Boisterous
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adj) noisy and wild, lacking restraint
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Bolster
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v) to support, prop up, strengethen
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Bombastic
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adj) writing that sounds grand or impressive that has little meaning
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Bondage
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n) slavery, servitude
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Boor
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n) a crude insensitive person
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Bourgeoisie
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n) the middle class
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Brawny
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adj) strong and muscular
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Breadth
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n) width, the measure of something from side to side
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Burgeoning
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adj) growing or developing quickly
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