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45 Cards in this Set
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one that confers a benefit
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benefactor
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carefree
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blithe
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to provide support or reinforcement
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bolster
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self-evident, pretentious, inflated or pompous writing or speech
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bombast
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pompous; overblown
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bombastic
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of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen; rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants.
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bucolic
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.-to grow rapidly; to flourish.
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burgeon
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.-a fools scepter
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bauble
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the sudden appearance of the commonplace in the otherwise elevated matter of style; anticlimactic.
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bathos
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deprived or robbed of possession or use of something; lacking something needed
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bereft
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to present as a gift.
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bestow
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giving or disposed to give freely, generous, liberal
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bounteous
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lacking originality, freshness or novelty; trite; stale from overuse
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banal-
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a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggerations or comic imitation
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burlesque
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a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court
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barrister
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to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner
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banter-
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to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner
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Babylon
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a region marked by intricate erosional sculpturing, scanty vegetation, and fantastically formed hills
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badland
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of relating to or having the characteristics of artistic _expression prevalent in the 17th century that is marked generally extravagant forms and elaborate grotesque ornamentation.
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baroque
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a projecting part of a fortification; a fortified area or position.
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bastion
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obscene, lewd: boisterously or humorous indecent
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bawdy
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to confuse with strong light; to impress forcibly; enchant
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bedazzle
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to procreate as the father: sire: to produce as an effect or outgrowth
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beget
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to lead by deception
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beguile
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waging war; belonging to or recognized as a state of war and protected by and subject to the laws of war.
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belligerent
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favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars.
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bellicose
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an _expression of good wishes
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benediction
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of gentle disposition.
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benign
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medieval allegorical or moralizing work on the appearance and habits of real or imaginary animals: a collection of descriptions of real or imaginary animals
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bestiary
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to blow in stormy noise gusts
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bluster
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a violent boisterous blowing
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bluster
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peasant: rude or insensitive person
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boor
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relating to or concerned with earning a living- used pejoratively; utilitarian; practical
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banausic
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an outer defensive work; a tower at a gate or bridge
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barbican
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broom, esp. one made of twigs; an edging or reinforcement around a pocket opening
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besom
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one who lives by plunder usu. as a member of a band
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brigand
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a rich oriental silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver; a fabric characterized by raised designs
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brocade
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the habit of unconsciously gritting or grinding the teeth especially in situations of stress or sleep
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bruxism
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Valkyrie who is waked from an enchanted sleep by Sigurd and later has him killed when he forgets her
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Brynhild
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a solid wall-like structure raised for defense: rampart; breakwater; seawall; a strong support or protection; the side of a ship above the upper deck
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bulwark
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a small machine gun
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burpgun
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a member of the extremist wing of the Russian Social Democratic party that seized supreme power in Russia by the Revolution of November 1917
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Bolshevik
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war conducted with freat speed and force; violent surprise offensive by massed air forces and mechanized ground forces in close coordination
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blitzkrieg
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the act of entering into a marriage with one person while still legally married to another
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bigamy
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an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable; one whose actions are recklessly defiant
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berserk
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