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Barron's B

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Badger

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(V) pester; annoy

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Bait

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(V) harass; tease

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Baleful

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(Adj) threatening; menacing; sinister; foreshadowing evil

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Balk

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(V) stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue
(V) foil

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Balmy

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(Adj) mild; fragrant

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Bandy

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(V) discuss lightly or glibly; exchange (words) heatedly

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Bane

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(N) curse; cause of ruin

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Barb

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(N) sharp projection from fishhook or other object; openly cutting remark

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Barefaced

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(Adj) shameless; bold; unconcealed

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Baroque

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(Adj) highly ornate

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Bastion

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(N) stronghold; something seen as a source of protection

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Bawdy

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(Adj) indecent; obscene

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Beatific

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(Adj) showing or producing joy; blissful

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Beatify

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(V) bless or sanctify; proclaim someone dead to be one of the blessed

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Bedraggle

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(V) wet thoroughly

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Baseline

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(N) direct; quick route

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Befuddle

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(V) confuse thoroughly

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Begrudge

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(V) resent

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Beguile

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(V) mislead or delude; cheat; pass time

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Beholden

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(Adj) obligated; indebted

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Behoove

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(V) be necessary or proper for; be incumbent upon

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Belabor

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(V) explain or go over excessively to a ridiculous degree; assail verbally

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Beleaguer

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(V) besiege or attack; harass

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Beleaguer

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(V) besiege or attack; harass

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Belie

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(V) contradict; give false impression

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Bellicose

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(Adj) war-like; pugnacious; naturally inclined to fight

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Bemoan

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(V) lament; express disapproval of

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Bemoan

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(V) lament; express disapproval of

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Bemused

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(Adj) confused; lost in thought; preoccupied

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Benediction

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(N) blessing

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Benediction

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(N) blessing

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Beneficent

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(Adj) kindly; doing good

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Bent

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(Adj/n) determined; natural talent or inclination

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Bequest

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(N) what is left to someone by will or handed down

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Berate

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(V) scold strongly

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Beseech

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(V) beg; plead with

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Beset

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(V) harass or trouble; hem in

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Besiege

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(V) surround with armed forces; harass (with reques

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Besmirch

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(V) soil; defile

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Betoken

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(V) signify; indicate

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Betray

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(V) be unfaithful; reveal (unconsciously or unwillingly)

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Biennial

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(Adj) Every two years

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Bigotry

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(N) stubborn intolerance

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Blare

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(N) loud, harsh road or screech; dazzling blaze of light

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Blasé

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(Adj) bored with pleasure or dissipation

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Blighted

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(Adj) suffering from a disease; destroyed

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Blithe

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(Adj) carefree and unconcerned (perhaps foolishly so); cheerful and gay

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Bluff

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(Adj) rough but good-natured

(N) pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff

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Bluster

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(V) blow in gusts; threaten emptily; bully

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Bode

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(V) foreshadow; portend

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Bohemian

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(Adj) unconventional (in an artistic way)

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Boisterous

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(Adj) violent; rough; noisy

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Bolt

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(N) door bar; fastening pin or screw; length of fabric

(V) dash or dart off; fasten

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Boorish

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(Adj) rude; insensitive

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Bountiful

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(Adj) abundant; graciously generous

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Bourgeois

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(Adj) middle-class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional

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Braggadocio

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(N) boasting

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Braggadocio

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(N) boasting

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Bravado

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(N) swagger, assumed air of defiance

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Brawn

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(N) muscular strength; sturdiness

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Brazen

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(Adj) insolent; haughty

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Brittle

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(Adj) easily broken; difficult

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Broach

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(V) introduce; open-up

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Brook

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(V) tolerate; endure

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Browbeat

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(V) bully; intimidate

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Browse

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(V) graze; skim

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Brunt

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(N) main impact or shock

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Brusque

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(Adj) blunt; abrupt

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Bulwark

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(N) earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends

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Bungle

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(V) mismanage or blunder

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Buoyant

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(Adj) cheerful and optimistic; able to float

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Bureaucracy

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(N) overregulated administrative system marked by red tape

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Burlesque

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(V) give an imitation that ridicules

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Burnish

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(V) make shiny by rubbing; polish

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Buttress

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(V) support; prop up

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Buxom

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(Adj) full-bosomed; plump; jolly

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