"B-" Vocabulary Flashcards

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Baleful

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Sinister, Pernicious, Ominous. (Adj)

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Bane

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Cause of injury, source of harm. (Adj)

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Beatify

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To bless, make happy. (V)

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Bedizen

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To adorn in a cheap, and showy fashion. (V)

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Beguile

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To influence by trickery, flattery; to mislead. (V)

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Belie

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To give a false impersonation, to misrepresent. (V)

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Bellicose

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Belligerent, pugnacious, warlike. (Adj)

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Benign

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Favorable, harmless. (Adj)

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Bent

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Leaning, inclination, tendency. (N)

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Blandish

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To coax with flattery; fawn. (V)

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Blithe

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Carefree, merry. (Adj)

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Boisterous

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Loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint. (Adj)

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Bolster

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To provide support or reinforcement. (V)

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Bombastic

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Pompous; grandiloquent. (Adj)

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Boor

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A rude or insensitive person. (N)

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Bridling

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To control or hold back, restrain. (V)

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Broach

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To bring up; begin to talk about. (V)

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Brook

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To tolerate; to endure. (V)

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Bucolic

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Rustic and pastoral; characteristics of rural areas. (Adj)

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Burgeon

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To grow rapidly or flourish. (V)

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Burnish

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To polish, rub to a shine. (V)

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Byzantine

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Labrynthine, complex. (Adj)