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