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Banal

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Commonplace

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Bacchanalian

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Riotous or drunken festivity

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Bard

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Poet

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Bawdy

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Obscene

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Beatify

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To bless

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Bedizen

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Dress in vulgar, showy manner

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Behemoth

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Very large

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Belie

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Contradict; misrepresent; false impression

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Beneficent

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Doing good

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Bifurcate

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Divide into two parts

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Blandishment

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Flattery

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Blasé

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Bored due to frequent indulgence

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Bolster

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Give a boost

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Bombastic

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Pompous, using inflated language

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Boorish

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Rude, insensitive

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Bovine

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Cow like

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Brazen

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Bold; shameless

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Broach

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Mention for the first time

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Bucolic

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Characteristic of the countryside

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Burgeon

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To flourish

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Burnish

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To polish

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Buttress

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reinforce; support