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08/11/2011
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bacchanalian
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drunken
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badinage
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teasing conversation
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bait
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harass; tease
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baleful
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deadly; ominous; having a malign influence
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balk
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stop short or foil
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ballast
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heavy substance used to add stability or weight
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balm
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relieves pain
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bandy
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discussing lightly or glibly
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bantering
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good-natured ridiculing
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bard
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poet
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barefaced
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bold; shameless
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barrister
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counselor-at-law
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bate
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let down; restrain. until it was time to open the presents the children had to ____ their curiosity
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bauble
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trinket
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bawdy
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indecent
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beatific
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giving bliss
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bedizen
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dress with vulgar finery
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bedraggle
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wet thoroughly
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befuddle
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confuse thoroughly
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beguile
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mislead or delude
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belabor
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explain or go over excessively
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beleaguer
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besiege or attack; harass
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belie
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contradict; give a false impression
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bellicose
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warlike
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belligerent
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quarrelsome
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bemused
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confused; lost in thought
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benediction
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blessing
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benison
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blessing
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bent
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determined; natural talent
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bereavement
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state of being deprived of something
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bereft
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deprived of
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beset
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harass; trouble; hem in
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besmirch
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soil; defile
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bestial
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beastlike
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betoken
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signify; indicate
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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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biennial
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every two years
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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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blanch
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bleach; whiten
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bland
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soothing or mild; agreeable
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blandishment
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flattery
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blase
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bored with pleasure
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blithe
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gay; joyous
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blowhard
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talkative boaster
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bluff
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cliff; pretense of strength; deception; rough but good-natured
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bluster
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blow in heavy gusts
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bode
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foreshadow
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boisterous
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violent; rough; noisy
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bombastic
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pompous; using inflated language
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boon
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blessing; benefit
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bouillon vs bullion
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first = clear beef soup
second = gold and silver in the form of bars
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bourgeois
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middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
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bovine
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cowlike; placid or dull
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bowdlerize
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expurgate
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brackish
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somewhat saline
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broach vs brooch
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first = introduce; open up
second = ornamental clasp
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brook v
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tolerate; endure; (n=stream)
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buccaneer
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pirate
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buffet verb vs noun
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noun = table with food
verb = slap; batter; knock about
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bugaboo
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object of baseless terror
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bulwark
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earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
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burlesque
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give an imitation that ridicules
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