B Flashcards

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Bucolic

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Relating to pleasant aspects of countryside 
Rural or rustic in nature
Rustic
Rural
Pastoral
Agrarian
Idyllic
Agrestic

Antonym—
Urban

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Bumbling

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Incompetent
Acting in confused or ineffectual way
Lacking physical movement skills, especially with hands

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Benign

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Gentle
Kindly
Friendly 
Warm
Approachable
Tender
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Bauble

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A small, inexpensive trinket (earring)

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5
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Baleful

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Having harmful or destructive effect
Threatening 
Malignant 
Menacing 
Hostile
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Bland

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Dull
Boring
Tedious
Tasteless

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Banal

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Used to often to be considered thoughtful 
Cliche
Platitude
Hackneyed 
Trite
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Boon

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Something that is helpful
Blessing

Very close and convivial

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Brazen

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Unrestrained by convention or propriety 
Bold
Shameless
Impudent
Impertinent
Presumptuous

Enduring an embarrassing or difficult situation with apparent confidence and lack of shame

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10
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Bootleg

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Smuggle

Make, sell, transport illegally

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Bovine

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Relating to or affecting cattle

Animalof cattle group

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Bombastic

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High sounding but with little meaning
Pompous
Ranting
Turgid
Blathering 
Periphrastic
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13
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Boor

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Rough and bad mannered person

Rude

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Booty

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Valuable stolen goods, especially those seized in war
Loot
Pillage
Plunder
Prize
Trophy
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Barrage

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Artillery bombardment over an area
Bombardment 
Gunfire
Cannonade
Overwhelming attack of words or blows
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Balk

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To stop short or refuse to proceed
Eschew
Resist

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Belligerent

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Aggressive 
Hostile
Pugnacious
Choleric 
Truculent 
Antagonist
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Bequest

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Legacy
Inheritance
Endowment

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Brouhaha

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An uproar

Hubbub

20
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Bedlam

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A scene of noise uproar or confusion

21
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Benighted

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Unenlightened
Being in a state of intellectual darkness
Ignorant

22
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Bogus

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Not genuine or true
Spurious
Fraudulent
Feigned

23
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Bevy

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A large group of people or things of similar kind
Assemblage
Troop
Troupe

24
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Battery

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Unlawful beating of a person

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Bandy
To trade Give back and forth To exchange
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Brink
Edge | Point at which something unwelcome is about to happen- the verge
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Bolster
To support | To boost
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Burgeon
``` To expand, increase Flourish Thrive Prosper Swell ```
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Badger
``` Pester Annoy Nag Tease Harass Bother ```
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Ballistics
Extremely or usually suddenly excited, angry, or upset Study of dynamics or flight characteristics of projectiles
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Balm
Something that heals or comforts | Soothing
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Beget
Give rise to Engender Generate Produce
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Beleaguer
To besiege (surround and harass) Beset To cause problems or difficulties for
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Bereave
Be deprived of close relation or friend through their death Deprive Dispossess Widowed/orphaned
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Beset
Assail | Beleaguer
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Blather
Talk in a long winded way without making very much sense Rambling Prattle Babble
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Bleak
``` Depressing Disturbing Cold Harsh Barren Raw ``` Antonym— Warm Soothing Balmy
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Bludgeon
To hit or attack with heavy impact A stick with heavy end used as a weapon
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Bulwark
A defence wall Palisade Fence Barricade
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Bemuse
Confuse Bewilder Puzzle
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Blithe
Careless Casual Uncaring Indifferent Happy Carefree
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Brawl
Noisy fight or quarrel Skirmish Scrimmage
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Blatant
Without any attempt at concealment Completely obvious Glaring Lacking subtlety
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Bellicose
``` Warlike Willingness to fight Demonstrating aggression Belligerent Pugnacious Contentious Hostile ```
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Beatific
Blissfully happy Ecstatic Joyful Seraphic
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Becoming
Appropriate or Suitable Attractive Flattering
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Buck
Resist or oppose