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1
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Balkanized

A

Divide into small hostile units

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Banal

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Lacking freshness or originality

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Banality

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Lacking freshness or originality

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Bane

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Cause of death, destruction, or ruin

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Baneful

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Causing death, destruction, or ruin

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Baroque

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Ornate or flamboyant in style

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Base

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A supporting part or layer

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Baseless

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Having no basis or foundation

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Bask

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Expose oneself to pleasant warmth

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Bedazzling

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Dazzle so completely as to confuse or blind

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Bedlam

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Place of noisy uproar and confusion

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Beguiled

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Cheat

Divert

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Belie

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Picture falsely

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Belletristic

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Writer of belles-lettres

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Bellicose

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Warlike in manner or temperament

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Beneficent

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Characterized by performing acts of kindness or charity

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17
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Benign

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Of a kind disposition

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18
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Beseeched

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To address an earnest or urgent request

Beg for

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19
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Besmirch

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To soil

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Besotted

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Muddle or stupefy with liquor

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Bifurcated

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Divide into 2 parts or branches

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Bipartisan

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Consisting of or supported by members of 2 parties

23
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Blandishments

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Coax by flattery or wheedling

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Blatant

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Vulgarly loud and noisy

Obvious

25
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Blissful

A

Extreme happiness

26
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Blithe

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Cheerful

27
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Bloodthirsty

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Thirsting for or characterized by bloodshed

28
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Blunt (v.)

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To dull the edge of

29
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Bodes

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To be an omen

30
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Bogged down

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Cause to sink, hinder, or slow

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Bogus

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Fake

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Boisterous

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Loud and noisy

33
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Bolster

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Long narrow pillow or cushion

Support or prop up

34
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Bombastic

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Extravagant speech or writing

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Bon-mots

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Clever saying

36
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Bonobos

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Chimpanzee

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Boondoggle

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Pointless, unnecessary, wasteful work

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Boorish

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Crude, rude and offensive

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Boosterish

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Device for increasing power or effectiveness

40
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Botched

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Ruin through carelessness

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Brandishes

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Wave or flourish menacingly, as a weapon

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Breach

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Violation or infraction, as of a law

43
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Bridge

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Structure spanning and providing passage over a waterway, railroad, or other obstacle

44
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Brook

A

Small, natural freshwater stream

Tolerate

45
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Brusque

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Abrupt and curt in manner or speech, to the point of rudeness
Blunt

46
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Brutality

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The state or quality of being cruel

47
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Bucolic

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Characteristic of shepherds or flocks, pastoral

Rustic

48
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Buoyancy

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Capacity to remain afloat in a liquid

49
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Burgeoning

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To put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery

50
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Bustling

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To hurry

51
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Buttress

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Structure, usually brick or stone, built against a wall for support or reinforcement

52
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Buttressed

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To support or reinforce with a buttress

53
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Byzantine

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Pertaining to the ancient city of Byzantium

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