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B Flashcards

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Bowdlerize

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B
Make child friendly
(Neg conn)

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Bathetic

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A

Overly insincerely emotional,

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Bifurcated

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A and V

Split into two

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Blasé

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A
Uninterested because of frequent exposure. (Describes the person)

Unconcerned, uninteresed

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Bedlam

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N

Extreme confusion and disorder

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Besmirch

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V

To make dirty

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Braggadocio

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Vain and empty boasting

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Befuddle, bemuse, bewilder

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V

Make confused

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Bohemian

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N

Nonconformist

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Bellicose

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A

Ready to fight

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Browbeat

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V

Intimidate, beat verbally

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Bombastic

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A

Ostentatiously Lofty in style

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Boor(ish)

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N(A)

I’ll mannered being, cavemanish

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Bucolic

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Ideally rustic (pioneer woman esque)
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14
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Berate

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V

Aggressively scold

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Brackish

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A
Unpleasant of liquid.

Slightly salty (ex of water)

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Blandishment

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Flattery intended to persuade

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Beholden

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A

Under moral obligation to someone

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Burgeon

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To grow and flourish

19
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Behoove

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V

Counsel to act appropriately

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Brash

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A

Offensively blunt, bold

21
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Banal

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Boring because repeated too often

22
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Baleful

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A

Deadly and sinister

23
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Bereavement

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N

Sadness over loss of dead

24
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Bilateral

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A

Undertaken by two parties

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Brevity

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N

Briefness

26
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Bastion

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N
Fortification of protection

Group defending a principle

27
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Broach

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V

Introduce a sensitive issue

28
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Belie

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V

Be in contradiction with

29
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Blanch

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V
Turn pale ( ex with fear)
30
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Bluster

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V

To act in an overconfident arrogant way

31
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Balk

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Refuse to comply

32
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Blithe

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A
Carefree and happy

Sometimes, ignorant (neg conn)

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Benign

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A

Not dangerous

34
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Bourgeois

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A
Of the middle class

(Worldly, simple minded)

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Belligerent

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Eager to fight

36
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Betrothed

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Fancy way of engaged, use figuratively

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Brazen

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A

Unrestrained by social rules

38
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Beguile

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V

Deceive and cause to be enamored

39
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Boon

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Desirable state, a blessing of luck

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