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Bacchanalian

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Drunken

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Badinage

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Playful conversation

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Baleful

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Deadly; having a malign influence; ominous

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Ballast

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Heavy substance used to add stability or weight

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Bandy

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Discuss lightly or glibly: exchange words heatedly

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Bane

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Cause of ruin; curse

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Baneful

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Destructive; causing ruin or death

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Barb

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Sharp projection from a fish hook; cutting remark

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Bard

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Poet

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Barefaced

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Bold; shameless; unconcealed

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Baroque

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Highly ornate

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Barrage

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Barrier lay down by artillery fire

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Barterer

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Trader

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Bastion

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Fortress; defense; fortification

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Bate

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Let down; restrain; lessen

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Bauble

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Trinket; trifle

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Bawdy

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Indecent; obscene

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Beatific

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Giving bliss; blissful

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Beatify

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Bless or sanctify

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Beatitude

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Blessedness; state of bliss

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Bedraggled

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Soaked; stained with mud; fatigued

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Begrudge

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Resent; envy

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Beguile

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Mislead or delude; pass time

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Behoove

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To be suited to; be incumbent upon

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Belabor

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Explain or go over excessively to a ridiculous degree; attack verbally

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Beleaguer

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Besiege; attack; annoy

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Belittle

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Disparage or depreciate; put down

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Bellicose

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Warlike

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Bemoan

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Lamemt; express disapproval of

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Bemused

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Confused; lost in thought; preoccupied; absentminded

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Benediction

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Blessing

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Benefactor

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Gift giver

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Benevolent

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Generous; charitable

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Benign

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Kindly; favorable; not malignant

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Benison

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Blessing

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Bequeath

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Leave to someone by will; hand down

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Berate

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Scold strongly; reprimand

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Bereft

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Deprived of; lacking; desolate because of loss

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Besmirch

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Soil; defile

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Bestow

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Give

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Betroth

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Become engaged to marry; marry

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Bicameral

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Having two chambers, like a America’s political system

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Bicker

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Quarrel

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Biennial

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Every two years

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Bifurcated

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Divided into two branches; forked

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Bilious

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Suffering from indigestion; irritable

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Billowing

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Swelling out in waves; surging

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Bivouac

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Temporary encampment

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Blandish

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Coax with flattery

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Blandishment

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Flattery

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Blasé

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Bored with pleasure

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Blasphemous

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Profane; impious

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Blatant

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Flagrant; obvious; loudly offensive

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Blighted

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Suffering from disease; destroyed

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Bludgeon

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Club; heavy handed object

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Blurt

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Utter impulsively

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Bluster

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Blow in heavy gusts; bully

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Bohemian

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Unconventional

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Boisterous

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Violent; rough; noisy

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Bolster

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Support; prop up

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Bombastic

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Pompous; using inflated language

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Boorish

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Rude; clownish

63
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Bouillon

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Clear beef soup

64
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Bountiful

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Abundant; graciously generous

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Bourgeois

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Middle class; selfishly materialistic; conventional

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Bowdlerize

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Expurgate; cleanse; purge

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Brackish

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Stagnant

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Braggadocio

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(Noun) boasting

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Brandish

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Wave around; show

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Brawn

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Muscular strength; sturdiness

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Breach

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Breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap

72
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Brevity

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Conciseness

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Brindled

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Tawny or grayish with streaks or spots.

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Bristling

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Rising like bristles; showing irritation

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Brooch

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Ornamental clasp

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Brunt

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Main impact or shock

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Brusque

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Blunt; abrupt

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Buccaneer

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Pirate

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Bucolic

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Rustic; pastoral; idyllic

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Buffoonery

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Clowning

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Bugaboo

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Object of baseless terror; fear

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Bulwark

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Strong defense; person who defends

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Bungle

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Mismanage; blunder

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Burgeon

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Grow forth; send out buds

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Burlesque

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Imitation that ridicules

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Burly

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Husky; muscular

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Burnish

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Polish; make shiny by rubbing

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Buttress

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Support; prop up

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