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Brouhaha

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An uproar; hubba Bubbub

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Bombastic

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Ha sounding; use of language without much real meaning

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Bolster

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To support, as in a group; to give a boost; a large pillow

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Brink

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Edge

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Boon

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A timely benefit; a blessing

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Brazen

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Bold, shameless; imprudent

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Bovine

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Of, relating to, or resembling an animal such as an ox,cow or buffalo; dull

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Booty

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Loot; the spoils of war; goods or property seized by force; a valuable prizes

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Bootleg

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To smuggle; to make, sell, or transport for sale illegally

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Boorish

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Unmannered; crude; insensitive

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Capitulate

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To surrender under certain conditions; to give in

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Carnivore

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Flasheating animals

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Camaraderie

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Comradeship; friendship

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Canopy

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A covering

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Carrion

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Dead and rotting flesh

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Cascade

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Waterfall; to fall, poor or rush like a waterfall

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Cataclysm

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Violent upheaval or change

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Cataract

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Large waterfall; I flood; an eye abnormality

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Cavalier

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Casual; carefree and nonchalant, arrogant this regard; gallant gentlemen

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Chastise

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To discipline; to criticize severely

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Chleric

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Hot tempered; quick to anger

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Circumspect

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Cautious; heedful of situations and potential consequences

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Circumvent

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To surround; enclose; bypass

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Corpulent

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Fat; obese

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Conundrum

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A dilemma; any problem or puzzle

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Confiscate

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To seize

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Coerce

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To force someone by threatening

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Continuum

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A continuous whole without clear division into parts

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Copious

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Abundant; plentiful

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Clone

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An exact duplicate