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Banal

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predictable; cliched; boring

-commonplace, hackneyed, innocuous, prosaic, stale, stereotypic

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Belfry

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a bell tower; the room in which a bell is hung

-spire, steeple

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Bevy

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a group

-band, bunch, gang, pack, troop

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Bifurcate

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to divide into two parts

-bisect, split

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Bilk

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to cheat; to defraud

-beat, con, trick, overreach

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Blight

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to afflict; to destroy

-damage, plague

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Blithe

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joyful, cheerful, or without appropriate thought

-carefree, lighthearted, merry

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Bolster

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to support; to prop up

-buttress, uphold, brace

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Bombastic

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pompous in speech and manner

-grandiose, high-flown, magniloquent, pretentious

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Bonhomie

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good-natured geniality; an atmosphere of good cheer

-friendliness, cordiality, affability

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Boor

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a crude person; one lacking manners or taste

-lout, oaf, vulgarian, yahoo

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Burgeon

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to grow and flourish

-bloom, flourish, prosper, thrive

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Burnish

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to polish

-buff, luster

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