B Vocabulary Flashcards

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Bacchanalian

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Riotous/drunken festivity

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Banal

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Commonplace, trite (repeated too often)

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3
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Banter

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Playful conversation

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4
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Bard

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Poet

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5
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Bawdy

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Obscene

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6
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Beatify

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To sanctify, bless, ascribe virtue to

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Bedizen

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To dress vulgar, showy manner

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8
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Behemoth

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Huge creature

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Belie

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Contradict, misrepresent, False

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Beneficent

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Kindly, doing good

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11
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Bifurcate

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Divide into two parts

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12
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Blandishment

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Flattery

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13
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Blasé

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Bored cause of indulgence

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14
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Bolster

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To give boost to, support, prop up

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15
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Bombastic

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Inflated language

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16
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Boorish

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Rude, insensitive

17
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Bovine

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Cowlike

18
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Brazen

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Bold, shameless

19
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Broach

A

Mention for the first time

20
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Bucolic

A

Countryside, rustic

21
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Burgeon

A

To flourish

22
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Burnish

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To polish

23
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Buttress

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To reinforce, support