B/D Flashcards
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banal
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unoriginal ; ordinary
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bane
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poison
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bastion
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stronghold
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beget
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to give birth; to create
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belabor
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to go over repeatedly
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belie
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to give a false impression of
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belittle
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to make seem little
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belligerent
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combative
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bemused
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confused
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benefactor
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one who provides help
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benevolent
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generous
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benign
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gentle
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bequest
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something left to someone in will
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bereaved
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deprived or left desolate
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beset
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harass
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blasphemy
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irrreverance
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blatant
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unpleasantly or offensively noisy
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blight
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disease in plants
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blithe
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carefree
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bourgeois
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middle class
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bovine
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cow related
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brevity
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briefness
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broach
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to open up a subject for discussion
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bucolic
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charmingly rural; country
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bureaucracy
government 어쩌고
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burgeon
to expand
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burlesque
a ludrious, mocking
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beleaguer
to surround
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daunt
to make fearful
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dearth
lack; scarcity
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debacle
violent break down
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debauchery
wild living; exccessive intemperance
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debilitate
to weaken; to cripple
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decadent
decaying or decayed
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decimate
to kill or destroy a large part of
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decorous
proper; in a good taste; orderly
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deduce
to conclude from evidencr; to infer
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defame
to libel or slander; to ruin a good name of
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deference
submission to anothers will
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definitive
conclusive
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degenerate
ti break down; to demonstrate
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deleterious
harmful
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delineate
to describe accurately
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delude
to decieve
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deluge
a flood
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demagogue
a leader of people
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denizen
inhabitant
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depravity
extreme wickedness
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deprecate
to express disapproval of
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deride
to ridicule
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deregatory
disaaproving
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descicate
to dry well
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despondent
extremely depressed
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despot
an absolute ruler
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destitute
extremely poor
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desultory
with out plan or purpose
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dialectical
relating to discussions
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dictum
an authoritative saying
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didactic
intended to teach
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diffident
timid
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digress
to stray from the main subject
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dilettante
someone with superificial knowlege of arts
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discern
to have insight
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discreet
prudent
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discrete
unconnected
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discriminate
to notice ot point out difference between two or more things
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disdain
arrogant scorn
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disinterested
not taking sides
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disparage
to belittle
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disparate
different
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disseminate
ti spread the seeds of something
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dissipate
to thin out
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dissolution
the breaking up
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distend
to swell
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distinguish
to tell apart
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docile
easily taught
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doctrinaire
inflexibly committed to a doctrine
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dogmatic
arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas
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domestic
having to do with households
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dormant
inactive
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dubious
full of doubt
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duplicity
the act of being two faced
