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Bequeath

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Leave to someone by will

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Beguile

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Mislead, pass time, delude

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Bleak

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Cold, cheerless

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Blighted

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Suffering from disease, destroyed

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Bombastic

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Pompous, using inflated language

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Buttress

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Support

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Banal

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Ordinary, full, predictable

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Banter

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Chat, teasing, joking

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Baroque

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Decorative, ornate, elaborate

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Bellicose

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Aggressive, argumentative

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Benefactor

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Supporter, sponsor

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Beneficiary

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Recipient, receiver

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Benign

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Kind, caring

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Bereavement

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Grief, mourning, sorrow

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Blather

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Chatter, prattle

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Brevity

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Briefness, conciseness

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Bungling

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Unskilled, inept, clumsy